Warren Zevon - Genius: Best of Warren Zevon
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Free Music Review: Genius: Best of Warren Zevon
Hit: 5 Stars
A super CD, shipped and received as new, as promised. What a great find!
Super music and wonderful liner notes. What a talent.
Free Music Review: A must for Warren Z fans
Hit: 5 Stars
Has some Warren Z tunes that will make you leave it in the player just one more time.Free Music Review: Good selection of clever songs
Hit: 5 Stars
This was a good selection of Warren Zevon's clever songs with great lyrics.Free Music Review: From a Zevon novice's perspective
Hit: 4 Stars
Unlike most of you, I knew Zevon had a reputation as a great singer/songwriter but prior to hearing this CD, I wasn't familiar with most of his work. I can't say how close this comes to capturing his finest work in a single volume, but it's very good and I can't imagine there could be much fine-tuning that would make for a better single CD compilation.
Granted, for a guy who's best known as a writer I'd probably axe "A Certain Girl" and Prince cover "Raspberry Beret", but many artists go entire careers without writing a song as witty as "Werewolves" let alone the other gems to be found here like "Carmelita","Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner","Looking for the Next Best Thing", "Reconsider Me", and "Mr. Bad Example".
BOTTOM LINE:
This convinced me I need to hear full albums by Zevon. Since "greatest hits" collections aren't usually compiled for die-hard fans, I'd say that means the CD does its job.
Free Music Review: Whoa!
Hit: 5 Stars
I once used Warren Zevon in a short story. I had heard "werewolf in london" but mostly used him as a foil for hunter thompson in a parody I wrote of thompson after his death. What was odd, was that a few fans of Warren said I was "spot on" in my portrayl of him, causing me to act like I knew much about the guy. Then I bought this.
WOW. It made me wish I had gotten the "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" anthology! Every song is great! Brilliant musically, witty lyrically, etc. Good introduction to him.